Nest.



A. M. FISCHER.

NEST.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 3, 1911.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912. 1,017,960. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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ANNA M. FISCHER, OF ONAGA, KANSAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 3, 1911.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Serial No. 618,584.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANNA M. FISCHER, a citizen of the Unit-ed States,residing at Onaga, in the county of Pottawatomie, State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Nests; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improvement in hens nests.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter which will receive the egg and deposit the same in areceptacle which is arranged below and spaced from the nest proper.

lVith the above and other objects in View the invention consists incertain constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, clearlydescribed in the following specification and clearly illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of thenest. Fig. 2 is a sectional View taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a top plan view of the nest with the support for the hen removed.Fig. 1 is a top plan View of the concaved member which forms a supportfor the hen.

In the drawings, 10 designates a base plate which is provided with aflange 11 which is embraced by the base port-ion of the cylindricalmember 12. The cylindrical member 12 has its meeting end portionssecured together by means of a pin 12, thus permitting the base plate tobe removed for cleaning. This cylindrical member is provided with thesquare aperture 12 on either side of which is secured the verticalguides 13 and 14 to receive the opposite vertical edges of a slidingdoor 15 which is formed of a metallic frame having a covering of wiregauze and provided with a suitable handle 16. A curved guideway or track17 is secured to the inner walls of the cylindrical casing, said trackbeing concaved and provided with a suitable padding such for instance asduck. This track is continued to a point adjacent the sliding door 15.Arranged within the the cylindrical member and on the base plate 10 at apoint slightly off its center is a plate 18 which is supported by thecoil spring 19, said plate being concaved and so positioned that whenweight is applied to the same it will tilt toward the track 17. Asupporting member 19 is adapted to rest on the upper edge of thecylindrical member, said supporting member being provided with asurrounding flange adapted to embrace the edge portion of thecylindrical member. The supporting member is concaved and is formed of ametallic frame having a central portion formed of wire gauze which iscovered with duck or other suitable padding, said gauze being providedwith the centrally arranged opening 20 which is reinforced by the member21.

The supporting member 19 is adapted to form the nest proper and the eggwhich is laid passes through the aperture 20, falls upon the plate 18,the weight of the egg tilting the plate so that the same will bedeposited on the track or guideway. The egg then rolls down to the baseportion 10, the cylindrical casing being provided with a suitable bufferof duck 21 which will prevent the breaking of the egg as the samereaches the base member. It will be noted that the base member may beviewed through said door. The base member is provided with a shield 22which extends from the base portion of the coil sprin to the edge of theplate, thus preventing t e eggs from rolling beneath the curved track.If desired, a nest egg 23 may also be employed and held in position in adepression in the member by a strap 24, adjacent to the opening 20.

The many advantages of nests constructed in this manner will be clearlyapparent as it will be noted that the supporting portion of the nestwhich the hen occupies may be at all times kept clean, the eggs beingdeposited in the lower section from which they may be convenientlyremoved.

Attention is called to the peculiar construction of the member whichreceives the egg and deposits the same in the track or guideway. It willalso be noted that a nest of this character may be easily andeconomically manufactured and the various parts readily and convenientlyassembled. It will be seen that the same may also be kept in a perfectlysanitary condition, the supporting base plate, a cylindrical metalliccasing, the base portion of which embraces a flange carried by said baseplate, said cylindrical casing being provided with an opening, guidescarried by said casing adjacent said opening, a door slidably arrangedbetween said guides, a curved track arranged within said casing andsupported by the same, said track being concaved, its concaved facebeing provided with a. suitable padding, a coiled spring supported bysaid base member, a concaved plate arranged on said coiled spring and aconcaved supporting member, said member being provided with a dependingflange adapted to embrace the upper edge of said cylindrical member.

2. A hens nest consisting of a metallic casing, abase-plate, said baseplate being provided with a flange around which the lower edge of saidcasing extends, a removable concaved supporting member, said memberbeing provided with a flange adapted to extend around the upper edge ofsaid casing, a spirally arranged track secured to the inner wall of saidcasing, a plate and a coiled spring resiliently supporting said plateadjacent one edge thereof at a point above said track, said plate beingadapted to discharge an egg onto the track under its weight.

' In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

ANNA M. FISCHER. WVitnesses:

ELMER E. HINES, A. B. MAOI-IIELS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

